Sunday, April 3, 2011

Flatfish Baby Blanket

I was invited to a baby shower this weekend. The theme for the baby's room is "sea life". Well, what else would I make but a halibut baby blanket. It's life size but I decided to not to make it look like a real one. The colors were too boring for a little baby. I made most of it with using a serger (the only machine I have in the house) and a little hand stitching. I also had to wash it a few times since my little kitty fur babies kept wanting to nap on it. Really, do you know any one else who has a halibut baby blanket?

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Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.

I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.

Evan and her flatfish

Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987